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Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP's shift away from confronting Russia 02/19/2024 12:14pm • At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. ���I don't like this reality," Johnson said. ���Vladimir Putin is Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college 02/19/2024 07:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they���ll get the financial aid they need to attend. The financial aid decisions that usually go out with acceptance letters are Norway will transfer funds to the Palestinian Authority after a monthslong standoff with Israel 02/19/2024 07:18am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Norway says it will transfer tax funds to the Palestinian Authority that have been frozen for months because of a dispute with Israel. Under interim peace agreements dating back to the early 1990s, Israel collects taxes and customs on behalf of the PA, which administers Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny? 02/19/2024 12:18am • The sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most formidable antagonist has left an open wound in Russia's political opposition. Alexei Navalny, 47, was the Kremlin's best-known critic at home and abroad. Before he died in a penal colony Friday, the anti-corruption crusader, protest organ What scams should you be looking out for this tax season? A local financial planner weighs in 02/18/2024 11:49pm • With the deadline for filing taxes fast approaching on April 15, a financial planner in Prince George's County, Maryland, is warning people about scams to look out for during tax season. For some, filing for taxes is a challenging and arduous process. One of the big issues is fraud. Around tax Over 300 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin's fiercest foe 02/18/2024 03:44pm • Over 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported Sunday. The sudden death of Navalny, 47, was a crushing blow to many Russians, who had pinned their hopes for the future on Republican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference 02/18/2024 09:54am • MUNICH (AP) ��� A Republican opponent of new U.S. funding for Ukraine argued at an international security conference Sunday that the package stuck in Congress wouldn't ���fundamentally change the reality��� on the ground and that Russia has an incentive to negotiate peace. Ukrainian President Volody Here's a look inside Donald Trump's $355 million civil fraud verdict as an appeals fight looms 02/17/2024 10:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: ���I have a lot of cash.��� After Friday���s eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he���s going to need it ��� and maybe more. A judge ordered the former president to fork over $355 million of his fortu Russia takes control of a city in eastern Ukraine after Ukrainian troops withdraw 02/17/2024 06:07pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia said its forces took complete control Saturday of a city in eastern Ukraine that was the focus of intense combat for months, a development that Moscow could use to boost morale as the second anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches with the war large Death of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny provokes Western outrage but few concrete actions to stop Putin 02/17/2024 05:15pm • As outrage over the death of chief Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny reverberates across the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning a deaf ear to Western anger as he prepares to extend his 24-year rule in an election next month and police across Russia continue to squelch any protest attempts. Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body 02/17/2024 04:38pm • Alexei Navalny���s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony, saying he was ���murdered," but it was unclear where his body was as his family and friends searched for answers. Navalny's death at age 47 has deprived the Russian opposit Here���s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen���s megachurch 02/17/2024 08:29am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what does the Constitution say? 02/17/2024 08:03am • Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the concept means different things to different people, and historians say that while the issue is complex, the founding documents prioritize religio State governments looking to protect health-related data as it's used in abortion battle 02/17/2024 12:19am • Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals' reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator���s report last week offered a new jolt, describing how cellphone location data was used to send millions of anti-abortion ads to people who visited Plan Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in staggering civil fraud ruling 02/16/2024 09:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York judge ordered Donald Trump on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding that the former president lied about his wealth for years in a sweeping civil fraud verdict that pierces his billionaire image but stops short of putting his real estate empire out of business